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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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foreign companies doing business in Cuba
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:Trading_with_the_Enemy_Act_of_1917
gptkb:Foreign_Assistance_Act_of_1961
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gptkbp:chapter
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22 U.S.C. ch. 69A
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gptkbp:controversy
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criticized by the European Union and Canada
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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March 12, 1996
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Helms-Burton Act (1996)
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Libertad_Act
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Cuban_Liberty_and_Democratic_Solidarity_(Libertad)_Act_of_1996
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:provides
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denies entry to the U.S. for executives of companies trafficking in confiscated property
allows lawsuits in U.S. courts against entities trafficking in property confiscated by the Cuban government
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gptkbp:purpose
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strengthen and continue the United States embargo against Cuba
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Cuban_Revolution
gptkb:Cuban_exiles
gptkb:U.S._embargo_against_Cuba
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gptkbp:section
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gptkb:Title_III
gptkb:Title_IV
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gptkbp:shortName
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gptkb:Helms-Burton_Act
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Bill_Clinton
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:Dan_Burton
gptkb:Jesse_Helms
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gptkbp:status
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in force
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gptkbp:title
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gptkb:Public_Law_104-114
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Cuba–United_States_relations_(Cold_War)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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